Risk Factors for Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in Cattle in Ethiopia

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection is generally correlated with individual cattle's age, sex, body condition, and with husbandry practices such as herd composition, cattle movement, herd size, production system and proximity to wildlife-including bTB maintenance hosts. We tested the correlatio...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 11; no. 7; p. e0159083
Main Authors:	Dejene, Sintayehu W., Heitkönig, Ignas M. A., Prins, Herbert H. T., Lemma, Fitsum A., Mekonnen, Daniel A., Alemu, Zelalem E., Kelkay, Tessema Z., de Boer, Willem F.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 12.07.2016 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Animal husbandry Animals Biology and Life Sciences Bovidae Bovine tuberculosis Cattle Correlation Distribution Ethiopia Female Infections Lactation Leerstoelgroep Resource Ecology Livestock Male Mycobacterium Mycobacterium bovis National parks Ovis aries PE&RC People and Places Reproductive status Resource Ecology Risk analysis Risk Factors Risk factors (Health) Sex Statistical models Surveys and Questionnaires Tuberculin Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Bovine - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Bovine - epidemiology Wildlife Ethiopia Netherlands United Kingdom > UK United States > US Ireland Africa Tanzania England Uganda East Africa
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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